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Postgraduate Certificate Education for Health Care Professionals

Postgraduate Certificate Education for Health Care Professionals

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Study mode

Part time

Duration

1 year

Start date

APR-25

Key information
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Qualification type

Postgraduate Certificate

Subject areas

Health Studies Caring Skills Health Education Health Care / Medicine Teaching / Training Education Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education for Health Care Professionals is specifically designed to prepare registered health care professionals to develop and adopt an educational role across a range of settings, both academic and practice based.

Participants will have a genuine interest in supporting learning and the development of effective learning environments.

You will develop your learning and teaching skills in a variety of state-of-the-art facilities, including the University's Clinical Simulation Centre and Hydra Simulation Centre.

What's more, you will be supported to develop specific innovations in relation to facilitating learning and be encouraged to disseminate these within your peer-group and own settings.

For healthcare professionals registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the course reflects the significant changes made in 2018 by the NMC. Successful completion will enable these students to fulfill the new roles of practice / academic assessor.

Assessment

Participants will have two summative observed facilitations of learning / assessment opportunities with students. The participants will critically reflect and develop from the feedback on these sessions.

Core to being an effective facilitator of learning is to be able to develop and enhance the learning experience, therefore an element of assessment will focus on developing and leading an initiative within the participant's context of practice to enhance the students and others learning experience.

Careers

The Postgraduate Certificate in Education for Health Care Professionals will support the development of health care professionals who wish to consider a teaching and learning role in a Higher Education setting.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£3,420

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

To be confirmed

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold a 2:2 or above in a degree and have evidence of recent engagement with CPD activities. They must also be in a role whereby they are able to facilitate learning and assessment of learning.

University information

The University of South Wales (USW) is a progressive and career-oriented university, which provides high-quality tuition and course content developed in collaboration with key employers and industry-leading professional partners. The university offers over 175 internationally regarded postgraduate taught and research programmes. Courses are designed to meet the ever-changing needs of industry, and are accredited by leading professional bodies...more